Rak Attack

Sydney and I have loved playing in the snow these past few days. Today we decided to make a snowman. Sydney did such a great job. Enjoy the pictures of the fun...

I need some help in finding a quality toy train for Santa to bring to Sydney this Christmas. All she says she wants for Christmas is... "a train where the kids get out". Is there such toy out there for an almost 3 year old. I found a "Little People" train set but it almost seems too young for her. Are those wooden train sets fun/worth getting? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

**UPDATE**

False alarm. Sydney had been asking for "a train where the kids get off " all day, everyday for about a week straight. Now (just within the last 10 minutes) she's back to wanting a pink computer. Ahh!!! Kids can be so stressful sometimes. She's probably too young to realize Santa didn't bring her what she asked for anyways. Well, maybe not. The nice thing about her changing her mind is, I don't have to track down one of those Geo Trax sets. They are sold out everywhere, even online.

Sydney and I made some treats for a Christmas party the other night. She was so proud of herself for being able to dip the peanut butter ball into the chocolate. I love her so much!

Zoe finally started crawling last Sunday! She so silly too. She'll cry/moan while she crawls toward me. It's like she saying "I can't believe you're making me do all this work! Help a kid out, here."

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year at my family's cabin. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures of all the fun. Dinner was great as always, and the games were a ton of fun. Sydney loved being with her cousins at the cabin. Before we left, she would tell me over and over that we were going to the cabin and she was going to play on the "little" stairs. There are three stairs coming down from the kitchen into the main room that she loves to jump off of. We also had a competitive ping pong tournament that my brother Matt won. Ping pong is a big thing in my family, and something I have not excelled at. Here are the few pictures I took.

Sydney, Ashton, and Tate.

Caleb would have been there but he was taking a nap.

The next morning at 3:30am, Nick and I attempted the Black Friday sales for our first time. We didn't have anything big that we were looking for, therefore we weren't too stressed. It was really funny to see how serious people were about getting what they wanted. Our first stop was Shopko and we waited outside in line for about 45 minutes. When we got in the store, I saw a big crowd of people grabbing this certain item, I won't say what it was because we are giving it to someone who reads this blog :) Anyways, I saw everyone grabbing this item and thought to myself, "That must be a GREAT deal! I should grab some." So I grabbed two. In the end we only kept one. But the rack was empty in 30 seconds. It was so funny. Our plan originally was to go to Toys R Us first, but the parking lot was packed and the street was lined with parked cars. We went back an hour or so after it opened to take a look, and that place was insane! I couldn't believe how many people were there and how full everyone's carts were. We hit a few other stores, and got some killer deals on movies at Wal-Mart. By 8am we were all done and very tired. I had a good time doing this, and I'm pretty sure Nick and I will do it again next year. I won't be attempting Toys R Us though. That was a nut house!